EASY WAY TO SELECT TEXT IN WORD

 

If you are tired of fighting with your mouse when editing a word document, try a new trick!  If you want to select a block to text to change, delete, copy, etc., simply place your cursor at the beginning of the text, hold down the SHIFT key and place your cursor to the end point.  It’s much easier than holding down the right mouse button and dragging your mouse around the page.  Try it!

 

ADD TO CONTACTS IN OUTLOOK

 

When you receive an email in OUTLOOK, you can easily add the sender to your OUTLOOK contact list.  Right click the FROM line in the email and select ADD TO CONTACTS or, if you think you might already have them in your contact list, select LOOKUP IN OUTLOOK CONTACTS.  When you add the person, you can fill out the rest of the contact info and remember to hit SAVE before closing.

 

STOP FORGETTING!

 

In our busy lives, we sometimes collect bits of information that we need to hold on to.  Maybe it’s a password.  Maybe it’s a telephone number.  Maybe it’s the name of a book that you want to buy.  There is a place where you can SAVE all of those bits of information in one location.  It’s called SNAPBITS.  Set up a FREE account and you can start transferring all of those little notes to one central location online.  Just don’t forget the password!

www.snapbits.com

 

POST IT NOTE THE WEB

 

Post it notes take on a whole new meaning with mystickies.com!  You can visit websites and randomly stick your own personal post it notes to the site!  This tool is great for research projects or product price checking!  And it’s FREE!

http://www.mystickies.com/

 

CLOCKWISE & COUNTER CLOCKWISE TEXT IN EXCEL

 

You can have text angle clockwise or counter clockwise in Excel. Simply locate the cell you want to change, from the CHART menu, select clockwise or counterclockwise. If you do not see the CHART toolbar, right click on the toolbar and make sure CHART is checked off.

 

CREATE A QUICK CHART IN MICROSOFT EXCEL

 

Select the data that you want to have included in your chart and then click the F11 key. It's that easy! You can also get the same result by pressing ALT and F1.

 

CREATE A MENU OF FREQUENT DOCUMENTS

Most people have a few documents in Microsoft Word that they access frequently.  There is an easy way to have those documents at your fingertips each time Word is opened! 

  • Right click a toolbar
  • Select CUSTOMIZE/COMMANDS
  • Select BUILT IN MENUS from the CATEGORIES list on the left
  • From the COMMANDS list on the right, drag the WORD MENU onto the menu bar or any toolbar
  • Click CLOSE

Each time you are in a word document and you want to add that document to your list of frequently used docs, simply click the WORK button on your toolbar and select ADD TO WORK MENU.

 

CHANGE HOW OFTEN OUTLOOK CHECKS FOR NEW MAIL

 

You can set Outlook to change the frequency of checking for email. Browse to Tools, Send and Receive, Send /Receive Settings - find Define Send and Receive Groups or press Ctrl+Alt+S on your keyboard.

 

EASY DISTRIBUTION LIST IN OUTLOOK

 

Creating a distribution list is easy! Select FILE then NEW then DISTRIBUTION LIST. Be sure to give your list a name and then add contacts. Don’t forget to SAVE before closing! When you want to send a group email to your list, just type the LIST NAME in the TO field. Remember, if you do not want the entire list of members to see who else is on the list, type your distribution list name in the BCC field, instead of the TO field!

 

QUICK EMAIL WITH WINDOWS

 

If you want to get a quick email off to someone, use the RUN option. Simply press the Windows Key and the R key. A RUN dialogue box will appear. Type in:  mailto:  and then the email address of the person that you are sending mail to and your email program will open with the address field filled in. Just type your subject and the body of your message.

 

SPELLCHECK SHORTCUT

 

F7 is a quick way to spell-check a document in Microsoft Word. You can also use F7 to spell check email in Outlook! Get in the habit of pressing this handy key before CTRL + S to save!

 

MAKE USE OF THE WILDCARD FEATURE

 

There is nothing more frustrating than looking for a file on your computer when you do not remember its name or location! Don't forget about the WILDCARD option. Simply click START then SEARCH and in the name box, type in the part of the name you remember and then a "*".

 

EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT VIEWING

 

Most of you probably know that you can VIEW files in different ways by selecting the VIEW button in the toolbar of Explorer. What you might not know is that you can CUSTOMIZE the DETAILS view on your screen simply by right clicking on the column titles. You can view NAME, SIZE, TYPE and DATE MODIFIED. You can also add a column to view AUTHOR, OWNER, DATE CREATED, COMMENTS, etc.

 

LOOKING FOR A HOTSPOT?

 

Planning a vacation or a business trip? Consult this handy hotspot locator before you leave and find out where to gain wireless access.

http://www.jiwire.com/

 

FIND THE LOWEST PRICE

 

The next time you are out shopping and you want to check the price of an item, send a text message to smarter.com with the manufacturer’s product number and you will get a text message back with the lowest online price! Check it out... http://www.smarter.com/sms/